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462 C. 2 2. Anno tricefimo tertio Ge org 11 II, A. D. 1759^ Where TreaAirers ftjall VI. Provided always, and be it ena£^d, That the Treafurer of any County, Riding, City, r^imburfe to Overfeers Town, Liberty, Divifion or Place, within the Part of Great Britain aforefaid, who fhall, after the t"e WeTicTAiLTareto P^^"? ^'^ ^his Aa, reimburfe to any Overfeer or Overfeers of the Poor of any Parifli, Tything, the Families of Militia Townfhip, Hamlet or V'jll, any Sum or Sums of Money in purfuance of the Directions of tins Men, ferving in any A6t, on account of the Weekly Allowance to the Family of any Militia Man ferving in the Militia Co ... - ^ „. _ _ .. _. .. .,. . . _ _ w '^T Jir Grenadier Companies, ^'S) '" the Proportion of One Serjeant and one Corporal to twenty Private Men, and alio two wherein are to be I Cap- Drummers to each Company: And in every County, Riding and Place, and in every City and tain and a Lieutenants) Town. being a County, within the V^rtoi Great Britain aforefaid, and in the Ifle of Wight, and Staff Officers: i Adju- i,^ ^j^e Town of Berwick upon Tweed, where the Number of Private Militia A^en {hall not be fuffi- lnd'u?reo:" I sTrf' ^"^"'^ ^° ^^""' ^ Regiment or a Battalion, according to the Intent and Meaning of this Ad, the fol- Major, 1 Drum Ma- lowing Eftablilliment {hall take Place therein ; and the Militia thereof, and the Officers of fuch Mi- jor wi'th Serjeants, litia, fhall, whcn imbodied and in adtual Service, be intitled to Pay accordingly ; that is to fay. Corporals, and Drums. The Militia of fuch Counties, Ridings, Places, Cities and Towns, and of the faid Ifle of Wight, To the Independent {hall be formed into Independent Companies, each Company confifling of eighty Private Men at wT"'nV.'tv!.rV'!r.. the mofl, and fixty Private Men at the leafl; and to every fuch Company there fhall be intitled to Wicht, and otner riaces, ^ ',-, .•' '_ i».Tiro-^ ^ r^ j 7 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, Pay, one Captain, one Lieutenant, and one Enfign, and a Number ot berjeants and Corporals 1 Enfign, 'with Seijeants enual to the Number herein before allowed to a Company of Militia : And it fhall be lawful for his and Corpfirais. Indc- Majcfly, his Heirs and SuccefTors, to join together any Number of fuch Independent Companies, pendtnt Companies may ^^^ therewith to form a Battalion or Battalions, or to incorporate them with any Regiment or Bat- lionrTr incowrluV ^alion, Rcgimcnts or Battalions, of Militia, but fo as the Number of Companies in any fuch Re- with other Regi- gimcnt or Batt.'ilion do not exceed, or fall fhort of the Number of Companies of which a Regiment ments, &c. or Battalion of Militia is herein before refpedively allowed to confifi:. Lieuenants of Counties ' VIII. And whcfcas Doubts have arifen, whether a Lieutenant of any County, Riding or Place, mav aft as Colonelf, * can feive as a Colonel in the Militia for fuch County, Riding or Place,' Be it therefore declared vkhere no Colonel ftall gpc] enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fhall be lawful for the Lieutenant of any County, be appomtea J Riding or Place, to aft as a Colonel of any Regiment or Battalion of Militia for fuch County, Ri- ding or Place, for and during fuch Time or Times as there fhall not be any Colonel appointed for Vut not to more than i ^^^ Command of the fame Regiment or Battalion ; but no Lieutenant fhall at any one Time ad as Regiment or Battalion; ^ Colonel to morc than one Regiment or Battalion. and is to receive Pay as I^- Provided always, and be it enacted. That where his Majcfly's Lieutenant of any County, Lieutenant Colonel only. Riding or Place within the Part of Great Britain aforefaid, fliall under the Powers given by this v/hen ferving with any A6t, ferve as Colonel to any Body of Militia by this A<St deemecd a Battalion, he fliall not, wlien Bi.tt.ilion imbodied and fu^h Battalion fhall be imbodied and in aftual Service, be intitled to or receive any other Pay than vlltXolZ^^T^xZ ^^'^^ ^'^ Lieutenant Colonel ; and that no other Pcrfon whatfoever fhall ferve or be intitled to Pay, tyUAo furh l'.iy, du- ^^ a Licutcnaut Colonel in fuch P.aitalion, during the Time that his Majcfty's faid Lieutenant fhall ting fuch Tiiijc. ' fcrve therein as Colujicl j any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithflanding. I X. And